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*CHAPTER 19*
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The news is wild on all the TV stations and they’re
showing the pictures of two people .
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Once they get to her house, she gets down and
goes inside.
The road is dark safe for the streets lights two
streets behind them.
“This neighborhood isn’t safe for ladies” Adam
says more to himself than to him.
Jaime looks out the window. “I don’t think our
friends from the night before would dare to
show when they see the red car”
“I mean generally!”
“I know. Talking to some prospective about
this place. Once I finish up with that
community school. This is next and besides.. I
think the Mayor got plans to make this place
as peaceful as it ought. The dangers of living
here is more than 56%. That is a high toll. No
one is safe here”
“You shouldn’t be here. It isn’t safe for you
either”
“Right! “” Jaime is pressing his phone. By now,
even the 9 0″clock news and four other news
stations was carrying his face and that of
Alexander.
Adam turns to him “Speaking of the Mayor. He
isn’t too pleased. What are you doing? ”
“Asking me as a driver which isn’t your place
or as a bodyguard which isn’t your place
either. And we aren’t friends so.. ”
“Asking as the most loyal person you have on
this side of the street. What are you doing Sir?
I mean.. I mean I get how ha-rd it is to be
raised in that family and stuff and everyone
expects the best from you and stuff but
this..this isn’t you. Known you for a few years
to know the kind of man you are. First it was
Miss Christine that changes you and now..all
this is attributed to who.. Jimmy?”
“You are overstepping Adam”
“No. I care.”
“Don’t.! You aren’t paid to do that”
Adam sighs. “Well your father isn’t pleased and
he almost bite my head off so I am un-der a
duty to make sure to keep you from doing any
more stupid things”
“You can try Adam plus if I kick you off my
detail nothing the Mayor can do. He may
enfor-ce you but you wouldn’t be up close like
this with me. No one is indispensable Adam.
You may be loyal but you are still a bodyguard
and a driver. ”
Adam turns away. “Sometimes I hate you Sir. ”
Jaime smiles “Feeling is mutual. But what to
do? ”
Adam smiles. “You know.. I think Ma’am
Alexander is just what you nee-d. Someone to
ruffle your feathers a little for being a di-ck.
Excuse my french”
Now Jaime laughs.
Adam hasn’t heard him laugh like that for a
while. Maybe he was right, this Alexander would
soften him abit or not.
Adam smiles. Jaime could sack him. But he
knew he wouldn’t. He tries not to overstep but
sometimes.. Jaime let’s it p@$$. Like now. But
still! He was a driver and a bodyguard. Just
because Jaime takes it easy on him, it still
doesn’t mean he shouldn’t know his place. Not
everyone can be as nice and tolerating as his
boss when he wants to be.
“Sorry Sir” Adam says apologetically.
Jaime says nothing. He looks out the window.
“I can’t be what he wants me to be Adam. I
won’t. There is too much at stake, and there is
my peace of mind, my sanity? I rather..” He
sighs ”This is for the best. Soon it would be
over and done with and then everyone would
be happy”
Adam says nothing. He wishes he completely
un-derstood Jaime’s reasons. But all he gets
were hints here and there. Nothing which
actually made complete se-nse.
They turn when they see Alexander leaving her
house.
“You do realize that it is a ripple effect. What
you do causes ripple effects. p-ulling people in
while you trying to get out”
Alexander is nearing the door.
“They get paid for their pains.”
”Still doesn’t make it right. And yours? Does
the pain stop? Are you free from it all?”
Jaime says nothing. He sighs.
Alexander enters the car. “We better get this
over with then. ” She had a frown on her face.
Adam spares Jaime a glance and then put the
car on drive. They head back to his mansion.
***
“And where are you going to Christine. It is
late! ” She stops her.
“To meet my man. I will not stay and watch
him become this.. Casanova and especially
not with her. I am going to show him what he
is missing and I am going to make sure he
gets back to loving me as he ought. ”
“Oh Christine. You do realize that they are
together right now right? Going by the
indication of the news?”
“Don’t care. Jaime loves me still. He just
doesn’t know it yet. He nee-ds to be reminded.”
“But Christine you cannot for-ce a man who
once loved you after you left him to love you
again. Let him be for your sake and for his. He
deserves better. ”
Christine looks at her mother aghast.
“And I am not the better version of what he
deserves? You make me sick mother. Don’t
even know why I didn’t listen to father and
moved in with him all those years ago. He
always supported my decisions. Always! And
he questioned me”
“You father spoilt you Christine.”
“No mother he un-derstood me and he wouldn’t
be fighting with me right now or hit me like
you did.”
“I love you Christine. And I am sorry for hitting
you but you went out of line, but we both know
you aren’t here because you love the man or
want him back for you. You want him for what
he can make you. That is wrong. I raised you
better!”
“No mother. You made me a pv$$y. I raised
me better so..there! Look I don’t have time for
this. While i am busying bickering here with
you God knows what they are up to. And I am
not about to let that happen..whatever might
happen. Handler or not, I don’t like her and her
don’t like her round my Jaime.”
“Christine? ”
“Argh mother I swear to God… ” she trails off
and walks out of the door. Entering her car
and zooming off.
Her mother grabs her phone and dials Jaime’s
number.
It didn’t go throu-gh.
She sighs.
She was a mother and she knew when her child
was making all the ring decisions. She told her
then but Christine refused to listen to her. Right
now she was making another wrong decision.
She turns away her heart filled with pain.
Where did she go wrong with her daughter?
Where?
***
“Help her with her bag Adam if you will. ”
“Yes sir”
She turns to face him as Adam leaves walking
ahead of them.
“So are you going to tell me what is going on?”
”Nothing is!”
”Bullshit! What the hell is going on? Are you
going to tell me or not?
“No! “” Look i deserve a right to know. Why are you
being followed and stuff? ”
“Really? My father is the Mayor. Are you
seriously asking that? ”
“I am asking what is going on because
knowing he is the Mayor, shouldn’t you have a
good se-nse to not want to spoil your image
knowing that it also tempers with his? ”
“Look I go out of my house, i am in the news.
I speak to a girl, I am in the news. I fart, I am
in the news. Dude, my life is likened to a
celebrity, infact we are in a country where you
have a little something to your name or born
into wealth and your entire life is news worthy.
You watch TV, everyone who is anyone is in
the news, good or bad. How is mine
different?”
”It is different because your father is the Mayor
and you come off as someone who has abit of
se-nse which is what I thought but it is
apparent you lack it. When I went into my
house, I literally had to Google you up and all I
see is you doing this and that and it all
resolves around some girl or the other or you
causing a scene here and there and I am like
okay, not my business right.
But just today, just today I have my face all
over the news with people asking who that
mysterious girl is and pegging me to be
another one of your mistress and a number
fifteen on your list and that you went from the
rich and cl@$$y to the dumpster.
Look, I do not know which game you’re are
pla-ying or the angle you are working, but my
life has always been private and stuff. Look! I
am a Call girl, a stri-pper and stuff. Not a
worthy profession so I do a lot of shits to get
by, but I do it privately. So I do not nee-d my
face posted for the whole world to see and
start digging just because I happen to be the
company of the bachelors bad boy and lady’s
man. So..i have a right to know what the hell
this is because those who don’t want people in
their business would shut it down but you
seem as though you expected it. And me..a
dumpster? They insulted me and degraded me
to trash”
He is staring at her ”Look Alexander, I am
paying you to be my whatever girl. My Call
Girl, my companion, ”my whatever girl” you
get? And you signed a contract’
”It didn’t have a place where the whole world
gets to know about my business and want to
know who the hell I am and stuff about me.
Hell that isn’t pa-rt of the deal.”
”Why? Is there something in your past you
want to hide?”
She opens her mouth and closes it ”I don’t
want people in my business Lockswire. So you
either get them off your turf and out of my face
when they are following you about else I am
ending this contract”
”You can’t! ”
”I can and I will”
”No! You signed that you would be in this
contract till Bekky returns. ”
She scoffs ”When this contract is starting to
affect me wrongly. Fxxk it!”
She was angry, he could see that.
”Look Alexander, really, they would always
follow me around and stuff and I am sorry if it
sort of offended you okay. But, really there is
nothing to it’
”There is everything to it. But like I said, you
expected it. Why though? That dinner, your
father, the Mayor wants you to be president of
what again? Don’t you think having this wrong
publicity shows can hamper your candidacy? I
mean, if I un-derstand how politics works, the
saint-er the better your chances, but all I see
you is trying to dent your image or this is just
your person ordinarily.?”
”This is me, I like to do what the hell I want
and besides, I don’t want what he is offering”
”Oh I see, you want the Mayor seat then?”He frowns ”No!”
”what do you want Jaime Lockswire?” She
folds her arms.
”Me, he wants me!”
They turn seeing Christine standing behind
them.
Jaime frowns, Alexander shakes her head
continuing ”Well, guess that is the answer to
that then.” She turns and walks away.
She was in no mood for the drama that
Christine girl was going to bring.
Jaime looks at her retreating back. He turns to
Christine ”Making an habit of showing up
unannounced Christine,. I don’t like it”
”Do I nee-d to call when I come see you? Since
when?”
”Since everyday since a few years now. What
do you want? Really not in the mood Christine.
I would have Adam take you home” He held
her arm leading her away, she brushes his
hands way,
”No Jaime. No! Look I saw you on in the news
and I will tell you straight up. I don’t like it”
”What your don’t like is inconsequential
Christine. What do you want?”
”You Jaime, You. I want you, I want us and..i
can’t stand the fact that you are with another
woman. You used to love me insanely and..i
came back for you. I want us and…” she leans
into him. ”I love you Jaime, always have and
always will. You just nee-d to let me show you
how much more I can love you’ she wraps her
arms around his ne-ck. He pulls her hands
away.
”Stop it Christine” He nudges her slightly away,
he turns around and calls out to Adam as he
left her standing there, Adam answers ”Take
her home!” he is walking away when he heard
her scream.
He rushes to her seeing her on the floor.
”Christine?”
She had fainted.
He curses as he lifts her up, Adam and some
securities come to him.
”Should we call the hospital Sir?”
”No. She..has this dizzy spells every once in a
while especially when she is stressed” He
curses again as he takes her into the house
and then upstairs. ”Don’t worry about it. She
would be fine, Just get me some aspirin and
water”.
”Okay Sir”
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TO BE CONTINUED…..